After a night's rest, they decided to go through Ancient Forest. They found a path and began traveling down it.
Whenever they rested, Jason spent time with Rei. He knew that as soon as they began to fight the elemental lords, they wouldn't be able to spend as much time together.
With Orbmon gone, they no longer had someone there to explain things to them if they needed it.
It took two days to cross the forest. All around were signs of the battle between Dinorexmon and Rig.
When they got to the other side, they found a strange plain. To their right were pyramids lined up in a row with a floating sand clock about each one. To there left were clocks, but instead of numbers, their faces were there.
"What is this place?" Elie asked.
"The Land of Illusion," a voice replied.
"Show yourself," Jason said.
"No problem," another voice said.
A piedmont appeared in front of them and a Puppetmon appeared behind them.
"We'd love to destroy the traitors who decided to betray Darklordmon," Piedmon said.
"I'm not going to be that easy to destroy," Jason said.
"We're not after you. We're after Machinedramon and Metalseadramon. We used to be the Dark Masters, but the first digidestined stopped us. Then Darklordmon brought us back to serve as his generals, but those two betrayed us," Puppetmon told them.
We weren't revived by Darklordmon. Lordmon was the one to save us. We know now that the side of evil isn't for us," Crabmon (blue) said.
"Crabmon warp digivolve to Metalseadramon."
"Crabmon warp digivolve to Machinedramon."
Machinedramon swung at Puppetmon who easily dodged. Metalseadramon had the same success as he lunged at Piedmon.
"Fools! We're not going to be beaten from one measly attack," Piedmon said.
"He's right. It's time for us to join in. Digital Armor Activate," Jason said. His armor formed around him as the others activated their armor. Jason lunged at Piedmon.
"Trump Sword," Piedmon cried.
A sword launched at Jason from nowhere. Which caught him off guard. He barely had time to block it. He landed on the ground and lunged at Piedmon again.
"Trump Sword," Piedmon cried, as he blocked Jason's attack with the sword. The two clashed blades as they hit the ground. "You're just a weak human. You'll never beat me," Piedmon said.
"Not by myself. But then again, I'm NOT by myself," Jason said.
Piedmon saw Gre behind him in the reflection in Jason's sword. He quickly turned around to block the shots from Gre's blaster. Jason took his chance and slashed through Piedmon.
"Maybe one day, you'll also find a partner and a friend," Gre said. As Piedmon digitized into a digiegg. The egg flew off as Gre destroyed the black sphere.
Meanwhile, the others were having trouble with Puppetmon.
"Puppet Pummel." Puppetmon cried as he countered Machinedramon's attack.
Kyo shot an arrow at Puppetmon who swiftly dodged but was hit by Eli's staff as she swung at him. He dodged her second attack but was hit by Rei's whip. Metalseadramon swung his tail at Puppetmon who dodged again. This time Tao used his knuckles at full force to defeat Puppetmon.
"Maybe you guys were right," Puppetmon said as he was digitized into a digiegg. His egg flew off as Lao destroyed the black spheres.
Metalseadramon and Machinedramon reverted back to being Crabmon. Everyone surrounded them and allowed them to explain.
"Before we were the Dark Master, the four of us were Crabmon brothers. Then, a strange virus attacked us. It made us stronger and we became the Dark Masters," Crabmon (blue) said.
"After we were defeated, the virus left us and our data was brought here. When Darklordmon found Piedmon's data and revived him, Lordmon found our data and revived us, but by that time, Puppetmon had also been revived by Darklordmon," Crabmon (grey) finished.
"That's all in the past," Tao said.
"What's important is defeating Darklordmon," Lao told them.
"That's be hard to do when I'm through with you," a dark voice said.
Everyone looked around, ready for an attack from any side.